SAFETY & SECURITY

Committee Members

One of UCAN’s primary goals is to help make our neighborhood safer. Our safety initiatives are led by our Public Safety Committee. The original safety subcommittee members were Holly Bash, Rick Catterton, Ken Dupee, Bill Falik, John Faxio and Joan Price. As of March 2025, the standing Safety Committee members are Ken Dupee (Chair), Markus Mar-Lui (Vice Chair) and Mike Fein. All UCAN members and other neighbors are encouraged to volunteer to join our committees.

Flock Camera System

Our first safety initiative was to install nine Flock Automatic License Plate Reader cameras to both deter crime and help catch those who commit it, to supplement the three that our neighbors on Hillcrest and Eucalyptus had already installed. One of those cameras became redundant and will be removed, leaving us with a robust 11-camera network that covers every entrance and exit point in out neighborhood.

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Flock’s cameras are already making a difference across the Bay Area, and after the three were installed on Hillcrest and Eucalyptus, there was a noticeable drop in crimes against people and property. These cameras are not a panacea, but law enforcement experts do think they make a difference. A Flock camera led directly to the recent arrest of the suspects in the armed carjacking of one of our neighbors.

UCAN's Flock Protocol

As required by law, UCAN has a robust and comprehensive usage and privacy policy for how the Flock camera data can be used, who can access it, and when. Here are the full details of that policy.

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We know that many of us have questions about how these cameras work. Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

Request Flock Camera Data

If there is an emergency or a crime in progress, call 911! Do not contact UCAN. We are not a law enforcement agency. But if you have been the victim of a crime and would like to access our Flock camera data, please email us at this link and one of our system administrators will respond as soon as possible. Please read the camera protocol above to understand how and when this data can be made available to you. If you would like to report a neighborhood security issue or concern that does not entail a request for camera data, please email us here.